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Forkesch Gate Tower, Farkas Street Tower

Turnul Forkesch
Forkesch Gate Tower, Farkas Street Tower
Turnul Forkesch
Medgyes - belváros - Forkesch-kaputorony - panoramio
h_laca, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
town fortification
Current function:
town fortification
Settlement:
Medgyes, Mediaș
Address:
Strada Nicolae Iorga 15
Historical Hungarian county:
Nagy-Küküllő
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
46.1622067986, 24.3547679229
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History

The three-storey tower was built between 1494 and 1534. It was once the southern gate tower of the town. It takes its name from the former Furkeschdorf (Farkastelke). It took its present form in 1635. It had a clock until 1800. It was one of the three main towers of the defence system. There was a barbican in front of it, which was demolished in 1912.

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